"We were using CGI which I believe has never been used before," he told Total Film. "I was the participant in a technology I have absolutely no understanding of, but a willing participant."

The 44-year-old continued: "This was crazy. 'Why am I sitting in a room with these blue lights, with a million dots on my face?' It was like going clubbing or something.

"And then you see the finished product, and whether the audience notices or not, I don't know. I'd like to think they will. But there are some moments when the Lizard looks at you or looks at Peter Parker, and I can see my own expressions, and that's just mind-blowing."